Fence-post



(No Model.)

R. B. ROBBINS. FENCE POST.

' No. 541,214. Patented June 18, 1895.

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RICHARD B. ROBBINS, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,214, dated June 18,1895.

Application tiled March 30, l8ll5. Serial No. 543,838. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, RICHARD B. RoBBINs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigamhaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

AMy invention is au improvement in fence posts and consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings which illustrate one form in which I have contemplatedembodying my invention and said invention is fully disclosed in thefollowing description and claims.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure l represents an elevation of myimproved post,

showing it embedded Ain the ground. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionalview on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the ost.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, strong and durablepost which will be maintained in the ground with great rigidity andwhich will not be thrown out by the frost. The post consists preferablyof two pieces of angle iron A and B. The part A forms the main body ofthe post and has an earth engaging portion a continued for aconsiderable distance in a direction parallel with the main body butbent out of line therewith at a point just above the ground. The part Bis similarly formed, having au earth engaging portion b bent out of linewith the upper portion B, which is secured to the part A above theground line by bolts, rivets or other preferred means. The part B may insome instances be continued to the top of the part A if desired as shownin dotted lines in Fig. l. The post is thus provided with a bifurcatedportion forming two earth engaging portions parallel to each other, andthe parts A and B are so united that the flanges a", bx which are notunited extend outwardly preferably in the same vertical plane as shown.Between the depending parts ct and b an anchor block C of any suitablematerial is secured, the said block being held in such a Ashape of theanchor block.

position that it will be well below the surface of the ground when thepost is inserted, and the portions of the parts a and b which extendbelow the anchor block are sharpened to form penetrating points ct andb.

When it is desired to insert the post, a hole is prepared as shown at D,Figs. l and 2, which is of substantially the diameter and The post isthen placed over the post hole 'D and it will be readily seen that thelaterally extending flanges ax and bx will engage the solid undis turbedearth at the sides of the post hole. The post is then driven down, thesaid lateral flanges cutting their way through the solid earth, untilthe penetrating points a and b reach the bottom of the post hole. Thepost is driven farther thus forcing the penetrating points into thesolid earth at the bottom of the post hole, until 'the anchor blockstrikes the bottom of the hole D. The hole is then filled in and packedin the usual way.

It will be seen that by formingmy post in this way, great rigidity isobtained as the lateral flanges which preferably extend in, line withthe line of the fence will have a bearing in solid earth from thepenetrating pointsv up to thev ground line, and the penetrating pointsare also drivenA into solid earth. In this way the post is supportedmuch more firmly than when it is set in a hole and loose earth is packedaround it for it cannot be packed so as to give thesame support thatsolid undisturbed earth gives. It will also be noted that there is a,considerable amount of earth above the broad upper face of the anchorblock and this will prevent the post from being thrown or lifted by theinfluence of frost.

The upper part A of the fence post will be provided with wire engagingdevices as usual.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let' IOO 2. A fence postl havingparallel earth en- .Instestimonyfwhereof Iax...rny"signatnr`e j gagingportions bent out of line with the inpresence. of two witnesses. mainbody provided with oppositely extending lateral flanges for engaging;the solid 5 earth at the sides of a. post hole, an anchor Witnesses:

block secured between said parallel portions, `A.-E..BARUGAR,substantially as described. Y 'JAMES E.'.TACKLIN.

RICHARD B. ROBBINS.`

